Trey Porter

2024 • Valuable member of the NIU special teams units who played in all 13 games. • Stalwart on nearly every NIU special teams group, including kickoff, kickoff return, punt and punt return. • Totaled eight tackles, six solo, on the year. • Recorded a pair of solo tackles in the first game of the season against Western Illinois (8/31), seeing time at safety in addition to special teams. • Credited with one special teams tackle in NIU’s win at No. 5 Notre Dame (9/7). • Tallied one solo and one assist tackle at Ball State (10/26). • Registered solo tackles against Western Michigan (11/6) and Miami (11/19). 2023 • Special team stalwart saw action on nearly every unit including kickoff, kickoff return, punt and punt return. • Made 10 tackles, seven solo in that role. • Credited with two tackles in both the Tulsa (9-23), Akron (10-7) and Ball State (11-7) games with two solo stops versus the Cardinals. • Also recorded a tackle in the Boston College (9-2), Nebraska (9-16), Ohio (10-14) and Western Michigan (11-14) games. 2022 • Played in the first four games of the season as a true freshman to retain his redshirt. • Contributed as a member of the kickoff, punt return and punt units. • Recorded one tackle in both the Vanderbilt (9-17) and Kentucky (9-24) games. HIGH SCHOOL Honors and Awards All-State (2020, 2021) All-County and All-Region (2018, 2019) First team all-conference (2020, 2021) Three-year varsity letterwinner (2019, 2020, 2021) Team captain (2021) Team Stats 2021: 4-6 overall 2020: 2-6 overall 2019: 8-2 overall Academics & Involvement Earned three varsity letters in track Received both a track academic award and a football academic award (in separate semesters, 2020-21 seasons) PERSONAL A business major. Younger brother, Elijah, joined the team in 2024. Birthday is September 24th Majoring in organizational & corporate communications.